Community Calendar

• September 14 today! - Girls Basketball Tryouts in the gym 5pm (more info below)
• September 20 - Boo Crew Meeting at 8:15am in the Teacher's Lounge
• September 22 - Chess Club after school in the library
• September 25 - NO School, Autumnal Holiday
• September 27 - PTK Meeting at 8:15 am in the Teacher's Lounge

Attendance is Important!

September is Attendance Awareness Month!  Absenteeism in the first month of school can predict poor attendance throughout the school year. Half the students who miss 2-4 days in September go on to miss nearly a month of school. Start positive attendance habits early!

Be sure to email or call Bernadette in the front office at bcortez@sfps.k12.nm.us or 505-467-4703 every day that your child misses school. Absences that are excused are: medical, death in the family, religious instruction, tribal obligation, and SFPS allowable absences for club/sports trips. An unexcused absence is any absence which the student does not have an allowable excuse pursuant to the SFPS policy.  Both excused and unexcused absences are considered absences, and an Attention to Attendance (A2A) letter will be sent to parents/guardians at 4 days absent, 7 days absent, and 12 days absent.

Thank you for making sure your child is on time and attends school every day, and for notifying the front office if your child must miss school.

Gifted Education Nominations due by 10/12/2023

Parents and guardians are invited to nominate their child to be screened for gifted education. The nomination allows you to identify areas of aptitude (fast learning, advanced knowledge, motivation, and/or creative productivity) in a subject area. If you are interested, please complete the nomination form below no later than 10/12/23.

English-Language Parent Nomination:

https://forms.gle/5g4ZM4cVyXbQLGVB9

Spanish-Language Parent Nomination:

https://forms.gle/kUJhC6NrJrmzaqan8

Clubs and Other Programs

Blackhawk Girls Basketball!

Tryouts are open to 4th, 5th and 6th grade girls. Tryouts are today Thursday, September 14th at 5:00pm, and practices will begin the following week. They'll continue Monday through Thursday from 5-6:30pm. Tryouts and practices are in the CGE gym. There will be a parent meeting beginning at 5:00pm on Thursday, September 14th that a parent or guardian must attend. The League Fee is $60, payment is due at the tryout. We will open it up to 3rd graders to try out if we don't have enough players, or need more players to complete a second squad. We'll let you know. Go Blackhawks!

Chess Club

We have chess club again this year! Every other Friday for an hour and a half after the end of school in the library. Next meeting Friday Sept. 22.

Please email Mark Galassi mark@galassi.org or call 505-629-0759 (voice only) with questions and let him know that your kids will be joining.

Kids in Kindergarten and 1st grade should have a parent or other grownup there to help out - a few kids could pool to have a parent watch them all.

Finally: we will initially meet every other Friday, but if we get a parent volunteer to cover the other Fridays then we can meet every week!

Newspaper Club

The Carlos Gilbert student newspaper, The Black and Gold is seeking two parent volunteers. The Black and Gold is a club for upper grade students and meets once a week on Fridays after school. We seek to publish 4-6 papers per year, with stories conceived, reported and written by students. 

Two of our parent volunteers moved on with their sixth graders last year so we need help running the club this year. Parents with experience writing, editing or in news would be particularly helpful, but anyone who is excited about the club is welcome. We will need at least one parent to have and know how to use design software for laying out the paper.  

Contact Noah Long noahlargo@gmail.com if you are interested in helping run the newspaper club.

Record Pet Parade Turnout

Thank you to the dozens of pets and their people who marched in the Pet Parade last weekend. It was a sizzling spectacle of furry fashion! We were so eye-catching CGE was mentioned in the newspaper twice!

Carlos Gilbert Merch

We have some great Carlos Gilbert gear! Get your stuff at the online shop :)

The one-of-a-kind tie-die t-shirts were hand-dyed by a couple of awesome PTK volunteers and are available in a nice range of sizes.

There are terrific baseball caps and some wild color-changing cups. Chilly lately? Pick up a nice Blackhawks zipper sweatshirt! AND more!

About the PTK

The Carlos Gilbert PTK is a dedicated group of Parents, Teachers, and Kids working to raise money, support the classrooms, and encourage our kids. We help keep our Blackhawk spirits soaring high!

Join us at the next PTK meeting:

September 27, 2023, at 8:15 am in the teachers' lounge. Can't attend in person? Join via Zoom.

Boo Crew Meeting Schedule:

• September 20
• September 27
• October 4
• October 11
• October 18
• October 25